Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2067 Zhengguoben ([-]) Type A Town and Type B Town

Huang Zhiting said very simply, "The concubine's body is entirely up to the master's orders", but Liu Xin thought about it: "Master, I have a question."

Gao Wushi turned to look at her, nodded and said, "You ask."

"The master seems to be eager to complete the tactical formation of the artillery company as soon as possible, but I don't know if there is a clear target?" Liu Xin frowned and said: "What I mean is that the master hopes to use it on the battlefield against Arakan and the Mughals. The new artillery company organization and tactics, or do you hope to use it in the Western Expedition against Chahar?"

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, and asked, "Is there any difference?"

Liu Xin said: "Artillery company...even this level of organization, the guard army has long been used to it, and the infantry and cavalry also have a company level of organization. But sir, only the imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty have completed this new style. Army organization reform.

In addition to the imperial guards, whether it is the Li family army in Liaodong, the Ma family army in Datong, the Ma family army in Xuanfu, the Liu family army in Sichuan, or the guards in various places, they still adopt the old military system, and there is no company level. "

According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the regular army was actually the establishment of the Guards Army.The general guard is led by the commander of the guard, and has jurisdiction over 5 thousand households, with a total of 5600 people; the thousand households, led by the thousand households, has jurisdiction over 10 hundred households, with a total of 1120 people; the hundred households, led by the hundred households, has jurisdiction over 2 general Banner, a total of 112 people; the main banner governs 5 small banners, a total of 50 people; small banners 10 people.

The Weisuo military system is essentially a garrison system, and its rate of decay is similar to that of the military system in the Tang Dynasty. After several generations of emperors, it will be rotten. Therefore, in order to keep the army able to fight, the court had to resort to the recruitment system—that is, The armed family system of the "X family army" has been mentioned in the previous part of this book.

However, even if the recruitment system prevails and the general has the decision-making power over his own troops, there are not many revisions to the military system, and the relatively more revisions may belong to the Qi family army.

Otherwise, even if the master has separate artillery companies for them in the national army, the generals are very likely to forget them when fighting, or use them according to old habits, and cannot really take advantage of the artillery companies. "

Among the professional armies of all countries in the world at that time, the salaries and benefits of the Spanish Grand Phalanx and the Ottoman New Army may be comparable.However, these armies are not as good as Qi's army in terms of the quantity and types of firearms allocated (but may exceed some other troops that Qi Jiguang has trained in rotation).

"My concubine's suggestion is very simple." Liu Xin said: "The master simply took this opportunity to spread the formation of the imperial guards to the whole country, and then concentrated on targeted training for the troops and generals who might be used for the western expedition.

"Should we fully promote the recruitment system now?" Gao Wushi seemed a little hesitant, and he pondered: "Let's not talk about anything else, at least there are two problems that may be extremely difficult at present: First, the general guard troops and ordinary guards How can the army be reorganized according to the same establishment?
Second, if the establishment of the Imperial Guard is to be promoted throughout the army, its lack of technical weapons can be described as astronomical, and it will be difficult to make up for it for a while.And if it is really made according to this kind of budget, then this budget... Even if I am the Minister of the Household Department, I would not dare to report such a huge amount easily!How can the emperor and other ministers agree, how dare they agree? "

This is only the cost of replacing and replenishing technical weapons (including armor, vehicles, etc.). If the military salary standard is also brought to the same level, then no matter how high someone is able to manage money, the financial bankruptcy of the Ming Dynasty will be a matter of minutes, a year. I can't hold on.

However, Liu Xin was not so optimistic. She shook her head and said, "It's not difficult to get used to the level of 'company'. , an updated 'artillery battery' makes sense.

Liu Xin pondered for a while, and said: "I mainly mean this, but after the master asked this, I suddenly thought of a method that the master once mentioned to the concubine... Go a little bigger."

As a result, Qi Jiguang continued to improve, and further turned the van into a weapon and a pack horse—meaning, all the battlefields were replaced by horses, and the chariots were loaded with soldiers and cannons, and the concept of "hollow phalanx" was introduced. The formation of a "chariot hollow phalanx" is more stable than the bayonet hollow phalanx-after all, the bayonet formation still tests the courage of soldiers, and the use of chariots can reduce this requirement.

Qi Jiguang planned the formation of the Qi Family Army based on the tactical thinking of the Yuanyang Formation, referring to the battlefield environment and the hostile Japanese pirates' combat methods to match actual combat weapons, and adopting a small formation of mixed troops to form a highly mobile strike force.

Here we must first clarify a concept. Qi Jiguang's military divisions and the formation and configuration of cold and hot weapons are scattered among the "cars" and "teams" at the grassroots level in a mixed way, which is equivalent to the modern "squad" level.

Because of this, Qi Jiguang established the chariot-step-riding battalion, referred to as the chariot battalion, so that the chariot-bunking and cavalry can cooperate in combat and can be used as needed.The chariot is used to defend against the enemy's cavalry, and the infantry is used to defend the chariot; the infantry is used for the chariot, and the infantry is strengthened by the chariot defense;

And even without talking about money, the quality of the personnel of the other guards cannot be compared with that of the imperial guards. How can it be possible to organize them according to the imperial guards? "

Then there are two teams forming a team, which is called a small team. A total of 12 people, including the captain and the fireman in charge of cooking, form a "team". The "shed" of the garrison.

Those are definitely two big questions.The trouble with the first question is that the family Ding army is the personal soldiers of the generals, big and small. This "pro" is reflected in the fact that a lot of expenses of these troops are paid by the generals themselves. This is a kind of semi-privatized army. Although they also receive military pay from the state, they are actually the private property of the general.

However, the formation of the Qi family army during this period was mainly aimed at the Japanese pirates in the south at that time. Later, he was transferred from the north to serve as the chief soldier of Jizhen and began to train the troops in various places in rotation. Because of the change of combat objects, the formation and tactics of the army had to be changed accordingly. up.

The smallest combat unit "Wu" was compiled first. Literally, "Wu" is composed of a corps leader and four soldiers, a total of five people. It is the most basic and smallest combat unit of the Qi Family Army.

However, the level of "shao" is the largest basic combat unit of the Qi family army. ", "Ministry" and other large establishments.

The second question is more straightforward.The imperial guards are the number one elite of the Ming court, and all technical weapons are organized into the army according to the best and most.

In terms of tactical use, Qi Jiguang's battalions, from battalion to team, and even vehicles, can perform independent offensive and defensive combat tasks without relying on the support of other units, and have excellent tactical flexibility.

Later, when he went to train the imperial guards, Jinghua's artillery was not only more powerful, but also because of the emergence of a new method of building vehicles, the mobility of the artillery also made a leap, and at this time, Daming began to have no shortage of horses.

However, no tactics are perfect. The problem of the car battalion is the same as that of the heavy armored infantry, and the marching speed cannot be increased.This caused Qi Jiguang to defeat the Mongols countless times in Jizhen, but he was still unable to win the first level-they ran away if they couldn't beat them. How can your heavy truck camp catch up?
For this reason, Qi Jiguang also began to reduce the configuration of tanks after the highly pragmatic bayonet hollow phalanx came into being, leaving only a small number of tanks as the last means of defense for the Chinese army.

However, until this time, it can still be seen that the use of artillery by the Ming army is still "mixed infantry" and "mixed cavalry", and even the Qi family army, which has the most advanced and fashionable combat concept, did not use artillery alone.

In addition, Qi Jiguang organized and trained the Qi Family Army and the rest of the troops he was responsible for training in rotation were almost all professional troops recruited, with good pay, complete equipment, and excellent training.

Of course, Qi's army also had a big weakness at that time, that is, the lack of large-caliber long-range heavy artillery, especially the European and Ottoman armies are generally equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery at this time, so assuming that Qi's army wants to fight against it, the long-range firepower and lethal power obviously insufficient.

The treatment of the Jia Ding Army far exceeds that of the Guards Army, so it has always been the core of combat. Now if Gao Yushi wants to standardize the Jia Ding Army and reorganize it according to the same establishment as the Guards Army, I am afraid that any general will find it difficult to agree, including Those generals who have been under his command for many years.

"Oh..." Gao Wushi came to a sudden, and said, "You mean, as long as the eight levels of army, town, association, standard, battalion, company, platoon, and shed are unified?"

The significance of the emergence of the artillery battery is that it will set a record for China's first use of artillery in separate formations.And the question Liu Xin raised at this time came from here: Even the Qi's army doesn't have such an establishment, are you sure you want to build an artillery company now?
Gao Wushi listened to her words, nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, among the 60 troops of the Ming Dynasty, only less than 7 of the imperial guards are organized at the level of 'companies'. It’s difficult to solve, as long as an edict is issued, which army dare not change the military system? After the change, everyone will gradually get used to it.”

Let's put it this way, using the standard of more than 7 to less than 160 Imperial Guards to equip more than 8000 million troops in the entire army, it is highly pragmatic and estimated that it would be impossible to fight without [-] to [-] million taels of silver.

The Western Expedition took thousands of miles to fight, and for such a big battle, it would take at least a year to prepare materials in the early stage.During this period of time, it is possible to complete the new establishment, and I think it is too late to focus on training generals at all levels on the command method of the artillery company. "

Liu Xin's words were very practical. After thinking about it for a while, Gao Pragmatic could only ask: "The artillery company hastily launched this time is indeed for the service of the Western Expedition, because if we want to continue to maintain an advantage over Chahar at the tactical level, what will happen in the future?" After they have also started to weaponize, they can only strengthen their artillery to ensure that they can continue to gain superiority in firepower... So, what suggestions do you have for this?"

As a camp wall, the chariot battalion can give full play to the strengths of firearms, and can control the invading enemy's cavalry by using their strengths; using the chariot battalion to fight against the enemy, the enemy cannot plunder everywhere;

This kind of combat force composed of small units has excellent mobility, combined with the combination of mixed troops and divisions, both offensive and defensive. Even the smallest combat unit "Wu" can perform independent combat missions. The flexibility of combat and the application of tactics are quite extensive. .

Qi Jiguang's military training in Jizhen was compiled based on the experience of the South against the Japanese, and then with reference to the characteristics of the northern battlefield environment.Qi Jiguang improved ordnance with the help of high-practice Jinghua military industry, and formulated military standards for the use of cold weapons and various firearms.

At the same time, European countries, Ottoman and other countries also mixed hot and cold weapons, but they were all organized in the same larger unit of the same military department, which is equivalent to the modern "company" or "battalion" level.

As I said a long time ago, the car camp is not just more "cars", and the "cars" in the Ming Dynasty are not the kind of "cars" in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.The chariots of the Ming Dynasty were initially equipped with rows of sharp wooden stakes on the front of the chariot, and a row of such chariots could be used to repel horses.Later, a crenel that could shoot muskets was designed on the car, so it could fire back while rejecting horses.

"Team" is a complete main body of mandarin duck formation, and several different team formations are developed according to the change of its formation.But it is not a "three-three system", but four teams form a "post", also known as a brigade, with one post chief, and a total of 49 people are "posts". If this "post" has to be compared, it is quite Compared with the modern "platoon", the imperial guards and the southern Xinjiang garrison are also called "platoons".

This kind of chariot, step and ride battalion can form a city with feet and a horse without socks.Walking is the formation, stopping is the battalion, the chariot is the right, the riding is the strangest, advancing can be attacked, retreating can be defended, step and ride can be used repeatedly, and there are endless surprises.

However, the grass-roots companies and battalions of other countries in the world cannot perform combat missions with both merit and defense alone, and must rely on the support of other units to carry out missions. Of course, tactics are limited.

Fortunately, with the gradual development of Jinghua in the military industry, this situation was improved shortly after. The symbolic event was that Qi Jiguang came up with the "vehicle camp".

In the Jialongwan era, the chariot was further developed, not only strengthening the aforementioned functions, but also increasing the thickness of the chariot itself and increasing the types of guns that could be carried.Of course, even if the tank is upgraded and enlarged, it can generally only carry the Tiger Crouching Cannon, and the maximum can carry the Jinghua No. [-] Cannon.

"My master is thinking about it, I don't mean that." Liu Xin waved her hand with a smile, and said: "I just mean to promote the army, town, association, standard, battalion, company, platoon, and shed to the eighth-level army in the whole army." It does not mean that the whole army is unified into the regiment plan of the Imperial Guard. The regiment plan of the Imperial Guard is too expensive, how can Daming afford it?

In terms of troop formation, it is the first to combine various military departments and hot and cold weapons into battalions of vehicles, horses, infantry, and supplies, which are both offensive and defensive. Among them, the firearm penetration rate of basic tactical units hit a new high in the Ming army.

I mentioned it to you?
Gao Wushi was a little dazed, and said vaguely, "Really? What can I do?"

Liu Xindao: "When the master introduced Japan to my concubine, he once...well, he once mentioned a separate organization plan for 'Type A' and 'Type B' troops..."

"Ah, you mean this... um, um, this method can indeed be considered." Gao Wushi's eyes suddenly rolled.

Type A division... Type A army, Type A town, Type B army, Type B town, this seems to be really possible, huh?
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